• ... that Josiah Belden (pictured) was a member of the first party to use the California Trail, and the first mayor of San Jose?
• ... that Zentatsu Richard Baker was an influential American Zen priest who played a leading role in founding Tassajara, the first Buddhist training monastery outside of Asia?
• ... that Elmer Robinson was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco?
• ... the callsign of KFRC in San Francisco, California in the U.S. stood for "Known For Radio Clearness"? In fact, when the AM radio station signed on with 50 watts in 1924, it was heard as far away as New Zealand, far exceeding anyone's expectations.

January - June 2005